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Letters PatentI'N/i. 119,911.6,jclated'JuZy 14, 1868.

1 IMPROVEMENT In HAND-Loans.

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VBe it known that I, JAMES L; BRANSON, of Cincinnath'in the county ofHamilton, und State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and usefulImprovements in Hand-Looms; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact descriptionuof vthe construction and.operation ot' the, same', reference being haduto the annexed drawings,making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents aperspective-view of a loom containing my improvements.

Figure'Q'is a perspective view or" the under sido ot the hatten, showingthe details of the'improvement.

Figure 8 is a view ofthe ratchet-whcel.

The nature of my improvement consists in a device forgiving motion tothe ratchet-wheel and trips, and valso in the employment ofa wire orrigid connection between the picker-block and the strap which retractsthe pickers. n

In the drawings, A representsthebatten oi` Aa hand-loom, upon the underside of which are loeatcdthe triggers B B, which release the pickers CC. Between the ends of the triggers the ratchet-wheel D is hung, Y andis provided with four, six, or more' ratchet-teeth, a a a a, every othertooth beingfurnished with a projoction or prolongation upon theright-hand side of the tootli,and the intermediate teeth being providedwith similar projections on the let`t-hand side., The right-handprojections are marked b b 6,'and'the left-hand proi jections aremarkedc c t' c. These projections I call trips, and their otiice, as the wheelrevolves, is to engage the ends of the triggers alternately, so as togivesutlicient motion to them to Yrelease the pickers. Motion ilsimparted to the ratchet-wheel I), which carries' these trips, by meansof a swinging dog, E, hinged at F, provided at its outer end with aweight, G, and having the latch I attached to it by hinge at II. Thislatch is pressed vtoward the ratchetqvlieel by means of a spring, K. Acord, L, is lfastened to the front of' the hatten at M, passes throughthe ring or pulley N, on the breast-beam, and thence to the dog E, whereit is attached,

near thewei-ght G. In operation, as the b'atten is drawn forward, thedog falls, and the latch I drops below av toothin the ratchet-wheel. Asthe hatten s thrown back, the cord'L is drawn tant, raising the outerendof the dog E, and so, by rneans'of` the latch, movingltheratchet-wheel. This brings one of the trips in contact with the trigger`ou that side of the hatten, imparting motion to it, and releasing 'thepicker. As this qperation is repeated, the dog again falls, the latchengages. the next tooth, and, as itv rises, moves the wheel so as tobring the next trip againstthe othertrigger.

i After-thc pickers have thrown the shuttle, they aredrawn back again'bymeans of straps, O O, which are attached to the uprights P P, at oneend, and at the other to the pickers, passing around the pins or pulleysR R. To these straps the inner endsof the wires S S are fastened, theouter ends being curved upward, and fastened to thcunder side of thepicker-blocks, asA shown at T. The lower side of the hatten is'slotted,lto

. permit the passage of this wire, the operation ot' which is,tothrowback the picker-block as the picker is retracted by the forwardmovement of the betten.

It is obvious that the ratchet-wheel and trips' may be divided ,and-applied near the ends ofthe hatten, either.

'sephrately or upon a common shaft; a. ratchet-wheel being located oneach`side, carrying only the tips which operate the trigger on thatside; or that the ratchet-wheel' may be placed upon the centre of-a longshaft, and the trips on the extremities.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. The swinging dog E, in cdmbinationwith the ratchet-wheel and trips,substantially as'and for the purpose described. ,i i 4 2. The rigidconnecting-wires, combined with the strap and picker-block T,substantially as and for the purpose described.

l JAMES BRANSONL Witnesses;

S. C. HALL, .E. G. HALL.

